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Mar. 15th, 2014 06:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
red_lasbelinThis daylight savings' thing combined with the weather has been kicking my ass. First it's cold, then it's warm, then it's cold again, plus with the clocks rolling back means I'm waking up in the morning to darkness again, which I wasn't a few weeks ago. Still, I'm hopefully optimistic for spring, and the warm weather and sunshine has made me more energetic. The downside of this is that restlessness has kicked in full force and I'm having a hard time focusing on day to day life in lieu of trying to figure out how to do different things, move out, move to another city - something, anything, lol. This has led to trying to figure out if I can do a quick trip to Iceland in the fall. We'll see. :D
I have made a small change to my living space though - I bought a plant. I've never had one of my own, I've grown up in a family where plants were something that stayed outdoors unless they were hardy enough to survive my mother's orange thumb of death. So I have no experience with them, but I was struck by wanting something green and bright and St. Patrick's day is around the corner. My dad's quarter-Irish, and we always celebrate, plus my grandfather died on that day (14 years ago, so hard to believe), so there's a lot of sentiment and memories for St. Patrick's day.
I have made a small change to my living space though - I bought a plant. I've never had one of my own, I've grown up in a family where plants were something that stayed outdoors unless they were hardy enough to survive my mother's orange thumb of death. So I have no experience with them, but I was struck by wanting something green and bright and St. Patrick's day is around the corner. My dad's quarter-Irish, and we always celebrate, plus my grandfather died on that day (14 years ago, so hard to believe), so there's a lot of sentiment and memories for St. Patrick's day.
It hasn't died yet!
I did take the plunge and run off to Tennessee for the poetry reading. I'm very glad I did. I love driving, I had my music and a new audiobook and the weather was great. The poetry reading itself was lovely, if a bit shorter than promised. It was really neat to hear her work in her own words and her own emphasis, and she was lovely to meet in person. Even signed my book and took a picture with me! Picture won't be included here, of course, as all copies managed to get me with my eyes shut! (Just my luck)
Clementine Von Radics has two poetry collections out, but As Often As Miracles is her first. It's also the book I swallowed when it arrived and then savored on subsquent read-throughs. Reminds me a bit of the Francis Bacon quote I've always loved: Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Her stuff just talks to me. Very passionate, grappling with a lot of stuff that's relateable and has a way with words. </plug> *G*
I've also been doing pretty good on my book reading goals. Trying to make headway on everything else.
I've also been doing pretty good on my book reading goals. Trying to make headway on everything else.